Transfer-ticket.



W. KLEIN, JR.

TRANSFER TICKET. APPLICATION FILED AUG.17, 1911.

l ,082,342. Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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WILLIAM KLEIN, JR., 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRANSFER-TICKET.

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Application filed August 17, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23,1913.

sei-iai No. 644,722.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, VVILLmM KLEIN, J r., a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State ofNew York, have invented an improvement in Transferflfickets for Use onStreet-Railways, of which the fole lowing is a specification.

My ticket is particularly designed and adapted for use in transferringpassengers from one line of cars tcintersecting lines, and for thispurpose the ticket is composed of a body or main portion, transfer andretransfer portions, having the peculiarities hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawing represents my transfer, which is a compositeticket.

A: indicates the body or main portion; B: the transfer; and C: theretransfer portions. llhese are connected with each other. ln practicethe several parts A, B, C, are joined along lines e which are weakenedby perforations, or otherwise in a well known manner. The part A isruled in columns and spaces, the columns being placed parallel andlongitudinally of the part A, the narrow columns being placed on eachside of the broad central space or column, the smaller spaces beingplaced parallel to the top and bottom of the part A. In the centralspace or column is a dial marked with the cardinal points of thecompass, to wit: North South East and West and arrows are placed in thecenter of the dial and point to these words as shown. rlhis dial is alsosurrounded by a circle within which are placed the names of certainpoints of a city lying in the direction of the points of the compass,opposite which they have been placed as shown. rlhese are in thisinstance, Greenpoint, Fulton st., East New York, East river. Also withinsaid central space is a symbol or numeral designating the particulargroup or class to which the ticket belongs. The transfer and retransferportions are similarly marked, in this instance the symbol is C2060. lnthe said central space is also this legend, This transfers to cars indirections (not opposite those) punched only. ln the columns to theright and left of the said central space are placed the names of thelines to which the line on which the transfer was issued transfers, asshown in the column on the right. ln the smaller spaces at lower rightand left hand corners of the body A of the ticket are arranged numeralsindi eating the hours of the day-above which are the time symbols A. M.and l). hl., the numerals l-Q-WG-Sw-l() with the time symbol l. M. beinginscribed in the right hand corner, and the numerals 3-5--7-9-11--12with the time symbol A. M. in the left hand corner. In addition to thedesignating numeral or symbol on the transfer and retransfer, is a dialsimilar in essentials to that inscribed on the body A of the ticket.Each also bears the legend, Not good if detached. .ln addition to theseto distinguish the transfer from the retransfer, one star is placed onthe transfer and two sta-rs on the retransfer portions. ln practicealso, on 'the main portion A, the following rule or legend will beinscribed: This transfer is issued for the convenience of the passengerto make one continuous journey with one of the lines intersecting withthe issuing, or with one of those intersecting with the subsequentissuing lines in directions (not opposite those) punched only, theticket will be void if not so used.

rlhe purpose o f my ticket is to enable any street railway company tocarry a passenger by transfer from any one point of its lines to anyother point of any other line embraced in a system, and prevent apassenger from crossing over from any one line of cars operating forinstance, east or west by means of a transfer on an intersecting lineoperating north or south to another line operating east or west andtaking a car in a reverse direction to that by which he came and rideback to his starting point for one fare. To illustrate its use, supposea passenger take a west bound car, and after paying his fare he wishesto transfer to an intersecting line going north or south, he thenreceives the transfer ticket, substantially as shown in the drawing,punched west. It will be understood that the transfers of my ticket arealways punched to indicate the direction in which the car was making itstrip when fare was paid. We will then suppose that the passenger afterreceiving the transfer punched west, crosses over on a north bound carand desires to be retransferred, the conductor on the north bound carwill take up the transfer portion and without further punching returnthe balance of the transfer to the passenger for use as a retransfer onthe line operating east or west.

rfhe transfer, however, having been punched to indicate that thepassenger paid his fare on a car making its trip West bound, it will beimpossible for him to use it on a car making its east bound trip, and isthus prevented from making a connecting link between the line to whichhe has retransferred and a round trip for one single fare. it will thusbe seen that by this means a passenger may be transferred as often asthe rules of a company permit, by increasing the number of retransferportions, but at no time Will it be possible for a passenger to make around trip for one single fare.

rihere is ordinarily or practically no punching to be done While making`trips, rihe conductor may punch his pack before starting' out in themorning, t'. e., punch them south and north or east and West, accordingto the general direction in Which he is to make his trips that day, sothere is no more punching to be done on the ticket by any otherconductor Who receives it-a saving of considerable time. If a conductorreceives a. transfer ticket, and a passenger asks for a second transfer,he simplytakes off the transfer portion and returns the main portionwhich he can use on any intersecting` line to'ivhich the lines named onthe ticket transfer. if the passenger uses the ticket as a transferonly, the conductor turns in the entire ticket.

lVhat claim is:

rlhe improved street-railway transfer ticket comprising a main sectionhaving a central dial marked with the cardinal points of the compass,the names of stations or destinations being inscribed exterior to thedial and each opposite one of the points of the compass, and transferand retransfer sections, the transfer being distinguished by a singlesymbol and bearing Words indicating three directions and the re-transferdistinguished by tivo symbols and bearing Words indicating tivodirections, ail the sections of the ticket being integral and havingtransverse lines of division indicated thereon, as described.

ln testimony whereof i have signed my name to the specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WLLIAM KLEN, JR.

lVitnesses LOUIS NEFF, M. MENGER.

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